The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-22
HOWLSAB0UT THE HAULS
THE COMMISSION FLOODED WITH
COMPLAINTS.

pa,ief from the Famous Fourth Clause
+ba Object ofNIost of the Petitioners
nrarufacturers of the Pacific Coast
Urge the Enforcement of the Clause.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission is being flooded with
onneo1s for relief requests for construc-
tiors of the law aud decisions upon hypo-
tho+;cal questions and conundrums of
haviIderiug diversity of character. A
maioritv of those who ask for relief find
Abai, grievance in the long and short haul
action. but many. protests have been re-
,oi,,ad AGAINST the suspension of that sec
t;on The New Almcn Quicksilver Mining
Comnany of California, the largest quick
v;Ir,ar producing concern in the United
States. writes tina its principal market is in
Now York. where its product comes in com
notition with Spanish quicksilver. The
ppresant tlanscontineEtal rates have shut
HEM out Of the New York market entirely.
THE FRUIT GROWERS.
California fruit producers almost daily
present the disasters threatened to them by
the new rates.
On the other hand, the manufacturers of
he Pacific coast are protesting energetically
So far as it applies to transcontnenral
An application from the Southern Pacific
road for A suspension of the fourth section
was argued by counsel this forenoon, and
he Northern Pacific road made similar
application in the afternoon.
The counsel for prominent New York
shining firm which runs q line of vessels
via Cape Horn, was also heard to-day in op-
position to the suspension of the fourth sec
ton.
STONEWARE MANUFACTURERS VAIL.
A stoneware manufacturer Of StraSburg,
Va. complains that since the interstate
commerce. law went into effect the road re-
Il fuses to transport their output as heretofore
Il unless put in crates, and at the same time
have raised their charges about one-half.
He says that if this continues every stone
H ware establishment six i'll number) will be
q forced to close within six weeks. He asks
N to be informed ''if you can't make some ar
rangements" to restore the former condi-
tons.
THE CONDUCTORS RAKE IN.
81 "a sufferer from MankatO, Mimi, writes
81 TO the commission that for thelaSt five years
81 the people Of that vicinity have been paying
81 their fares to conductors, thereby making
81 goodly saving. Suddenly the conductors
have experienced a change of heart and are
charging schedule rates, evidently fearing
the effect of tho new law. He asks aid
from the commission for return to the old
system
Several farmers of Orange county, n. Y,
representing farmers and milk producers of
that county, have sent in petition setting
forth that the rates charged by tfY1e New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railway
Company for transporting milk to Jersey
City, distance Of fifty miles, are unreason-
able and unjust.
HIGH RATES.
The rate charged amounts to 35 per cent.
OF the value Of the product, with per cent.
more fer feTyage to New York, which is
more than is charged upon other traffic of a
ike value and no greater risk The charge
upon milk from Summit in New York, a
distance OF lS4 miles, is the same as from
orange county, In the estimation of the
"a peViUloheTS TINS being no greater for longer
than shorter distance sis an undue and
81 unjust preference TO particular persons and
81 localities. Like complaints are made
against the New York, Ontario and Western.
New York, Susquehanna and Western,
an anu Lenlgh Valley and Hudson River roads
Inc petltonelS ask such immediate action
~ Shall seem just and equitable to the end
slat sad corporations may be restrained
uolii continuance OF the acts complained of
ATTITUDE OF WOOL MERCHANTS.
justice Bateman 81 Co., wool commission
merchants of Philadelphia, in a letter to the
I oiilliiisSioh express the hope that section
@ WIN hol pe suspended as regards tranSconti-
od'il owl Ill nleS. lhe protests against the long
%' snort maui, they say, come from parties
VINO nave heretofore enioyed the greatest
Unseil ~lleiitS rom cut rates, and who have had
@iIdH advantage "For instancen tbey
Snuhue last year the merchants of san
ro"tlGlSco ro'',lGl had a rate of SOC. pm' hundred
F%olil5 % Oh wool while dealers and growers
IVS'eu several hundred miles further East
+" ~ " pay % to 81 30 per 100 pounds
. mat wool was Skinned direct
y the East. There is wool they saw now in
rsI5lauelpnla s5Dl grown in Montana, which the
ipSIoals forced to be sent thence via San
r%1U $50, ~ making haul of 1000 miles.
Ola aiie oi l, SIpped direct it would have tray
c9n Gllly @UOO miles. The object of the dis
e5anti 5an,liaCloh was to give San Francisco mer-
rsacSoS S !. opportunity to exact toll before it
'4'neo It's natural destination.
FLOUR MILLS AFFECTED
cSSOiai %Selal milling firms at Atchison, Kan.
thar ba Tliao since the law went into effect
facl fl nuVe been unable to obtain anv salts
r~oTy roy settled rates on the projncts Of thai,.
toT5,ll' oipu that consequently they are Obliged
Az uPeno business except for their irnnne
tSh,l ne iShoorhood, and should this state of
rum .ney say, continue, it would work
that 70 70 the milling interests of
roD5 city' Surely it was not
mSgoIe maaaea, they add, ''by our wise law
etS VI 10 70 bring ruin on the business inter
obTnooi oie 'oI.o9 country Can anything be done
done aS Dtoi, teueis II so, grant that il may be
will h. eooh' og1' that we may know whether we
"a Se able to do business or close up'" ~ "
ac,oCI CchIeinectady, N. y, milling firm makes
noy oyaplaIiit at,Ni similar to the above. and saw
trIonoes me losing $500 per day from the dis
lGeyionSe lGr1e ol rates and inability to carry out
p, ALABAMA's IRON INTERESTS.
Rem of aH lam ALA, April 21.-The mana
i6k ds..i S, al the coal and iron companies in
ieeeaattoolIl tolltt 60 met here to-day and appointed
C@miissSoC,o, 40 meet the Interstate Commerce
al0 rsolya3 rla pn their Southern trip. They
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